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Comment by boomboomsubban | Hacker News Reader

Why not shut off your phone if you don't want to be disturbed? I have mine on as anyone who would call me at 3 AM I want to disturb me.

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The alarm doesn't work if the phone is off.

I usually use an awfully basic Casio wristwatch on my nightstand as an alarm. 5€ at a random chinese seller. 3€ Battery lasts 2 years. Job done, move on.

If you need to use a smartphone, at least keep it in airplane mode, even if only to avoid eating radiations 8hr every night.

I've used a lot of alarms over the years - I sleep through them, get used to the sounds, and so on. Phones aren't foolproof - i've slept through 17 phone calls in a row.

It has been so bad that I was afraid to live alone because I thought I would get fired for being late.

Solved with a phone.

But it will in airplane mode.

Airplane mode doesn't allow for calls to come through, if necessary: Silent will allow it to ring if the same number calls more than once in a row.

iPhones will switch themselves on to sound the alarm.

I've never had an iphone to experience it: I'd honestly take that as another reason not to have one. I'd rather a phone be off when I turn it off. Silent mode works well.

Phones have a silent-mode switch. This is a solved problem.

Yes, and I've used it!

The alarm is one of the reasons as Broken_Hippo mentions.

However my concern has more to do with the current state of things rather than the solution for this particular problem. I mean, how is it that I have to go and turn off the phone? shouldn't the phone –apps/devices/etc– try to be less disturbing?

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